Trauma Certificate | Arcadia University

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Overview

Degree Level: Graduate
Degrees Offered: Certificate

Department: Psychology Department
school/college: College of Arts and Sciences

Certificate in Trauma

Arcadia’s Graduate Program in Counseling prepares highly qualified counselors to work with a range of communities across various settings, such as community agencies, private practices, hospitals, college counseling centers, and primary and secondary schools. A graduate certificate in Trauma is available to practicing clinicians who already have a Master’s degree and wish to further their knowledge and skills in this specialty area.

Certificate: Trauma – Clinical Bases of Treatment and Recovery

The Trauma Certificate is one of three advanced educational options for practicing counselors who already have a Master’s degree and related mental health providers looking to further their knowledge and skills and career opportunities. This graduate certificate addresses the need for counselors to assist clients who have been impacted by traumatic experiences both locally and internationally. Specifically, training focuses on short-term interventions and long-term care with an emphasis on evidence-based treatments of trauma, strategies for treating grief and bereavement, as well as advocacy and social justice.

STUDENT OUTCOMES

Featured Courses

Evidenced-Based Treatments of Trauma

Required Course

Explore an overview of evidence-based treatments for victims of a variety of trauma-related events. Through demonstrations, role-plays, discussions, experiential activities, and readings, you will gain foundational skills in trauma assessment and treatment with an emphasis on cultural competence.

Trauma, Advocacy, and Social Justice

Required Course

Use ecological and emancipatory frameworks to guide your understanding of the prevalence of trauma and the development, conceptualization, and treatment of trauma-related symptoms. Learn topics such as disaster counseling, intimate partner and community violence, historical trauma, and refugee mental health. Students learn skills in both treatment and prevention.

Strategies for Treating Grief and Bereavement

Elective Courses

In this introductory course in grief counseling, you will learn basic terminology, theory and concepts about grief and loss, as well as theoretical and practical techniques and interventions relevant to specific types of losses.

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